{"id":51107,"date":"2014-11-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2014\/11\/24\/dr-stuberg-to-assume-statewide-leadership-role\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T20:40:56","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T01:40:56","slug":"dr-stuberg-to-assume-statewide-leadership-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2014\/11\/24\/dr-stuberg-to-assume-statewide-leadership-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Stuberg to assume statewide leadership role"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>Wayne Stuberg, Ph.D., associate director of the Munroe-Meyer Institute and director of MMI\u2019s University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD), has been elected the chairman of Nebraska\u2019s State Board of Health.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Stuberg, who has been on the Board of Health since 2010, will begin his one-year term on Jan. 1.<\/p>\n<p>As chairman of the Board of Health, Dr. Stuberg will serve as an advisor to the chief medical officer of the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The board also oversees the regulation and licensure of health professionals throughout the state of Nebraska. <\/p>\n<p>Dr. Stuberg said he was honored to represent UNMC on the state\u2019s board.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNebraska is facing many critical health care concerns, including access to care in the areas of behavioral health and developmental disability,\u201d Dr. Stuberg said. \u201cI look forward to working with other members of the board and with HHS staff to identify our state\u2019s health care concerns and move to improve them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDr. Stuberg is a talented administrator and a superb health care professional and educator,\u201d said Mike Leibowitz, Ph.D., director of MMI. \u201cWe at the Munroe-Meyer Institute have benefited greatly from his leadership skills, and I\u2019m sure he will use those skills to great effect in this important statewide leadership position.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Dr. Stuberg has been with MMI since 1984. He is board certified in pediatrics by the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties, a past president of the Nebraska Physical Therapy Association and past chair of the Board of Physical Therapy for the Department of Health and Human Services Division of Licensure and Credentialing. <\/p>\n<p>He has served as a consultant for the state of Nebraska on the Governor\u2019s Early Childhood Interagency Coordinating Council and also as a member of the Department of Education\u2019s Special Education Advisory Council. He is a board member of the Commission for Motion Lab Accreditation, which accredits motion labs in the U.S. He has also served as the president of the UNMC Faculty Senate.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MMI&#8217;s Wayne Stuberg, Ph.D., will chair Nebraska&#8217;s State Board of 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